[TriLUG] OT: BIOS question
jbrigman at nc.rr.com
jbrigman at nc.rr.com
Tue Feb 13 11:20:50 EST 2007
> Yes, I did remove the battery, but didn't power it on with the battery
> out. I'll give that a go before trying it with another graphics card.
Unless the battery is a dead-short (never seen that in a "coin cell"
before) that won't do anything.
The suggestions of stripping down the system are good: that technique
will even allow the solution of multiple simultaneous hardware failures
(seen that twice, solved that way) Sometimes you've got to go to the
extent of pulling the motherboard/power supply from the case. There's a
threaded standoff near where the BIOS chip usually sits that can ground
the traces associated with the BIOS chip.
JKB
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